Wonders, musings, and adventures in mommyhood
It’s been several months of silence on my end here. That’s no way to launch a blog and build a regular audience but the silence was….necessary. I will save the details of my deafening and overwhelming anxiety and the battle against panic attacks for another post, but for those of you who know of my […]
Continue readingToday I behaved like a shitty mom. I had a million and one things on my to do list, and stressing to get them done and checked off made me incredibly impatient. All day today the impatience, the “just give me a few more minutes” followed with “why can’t you just please listen to me” […]
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When Alice was around 7-8 months and began crawling, the reality of her sudden mobility smacked me square in the face. She was no longer my tiny, smooshie little baby, whom I could safely set down in one location and come right back to. Nope, she was on the go and with a mind of […]
Continue readingFebruary was a rough month. Like woah. I did not think it was possible to fit that many misfortunes and stressful situations into a lousy 4 weeks. Before I go into detail and pour my thoughts out onto the page (read: complain and contemplate my life), let me say that everyone is alive and mostly […]
Continue readingA few days ago I came across a Romper article about a mom who had the cops called on her for seeking help for Postpartum Depression. As I read her story, I could feel the blood boiling in my veins and by the end of it, I was absolutely furious. She recalled having her postpartum […]
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Let’s talk fitness, for a moment. Perhaps one of the most overused words on social media, especially scrolling though Instagram. #fitness. When I see this hashtag and the accompanying photos, I have one of two reactions – either a massive ‘ugh’ and an eye roll, thinking who in the world has luxury of time and money […]
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My pregnancy was beautifully uneventful. Though I was closely monitored due to some pre-existing conditions, Alice was growing perfectly, I had no issues beyond the normal discomforts of pregnancy, and I got to enjoy all the little milestones that a first pregnancy brings. I took weekly “bump” pictures even though my bump didn’t emerge until […]
Continue readingWhat kind of introspective mother would I be if I did not reflect on the goings on of 2017 as we prepare to ring in the new year? For many of us, the end of 2017 brings a sigh on relief, with the hope of 2018 being a brighter, healthier, more peaceful year suspended in […]
Continue readingAh stress. Perhaps one of the most obscure and overused words in the English language. While the editors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary emphasize “mental tension” under “extreme circumstances” as the focal points of it’s definition, I think we can agree that stress has become an all-encompassing state of being for us modern women, and even […]
Continue readingI read the internet nightmare stories, like I’m sure many of you had. “The First Postpartum Period”. I can see it up in red, bloodied (no pun intended) letters on some dark glossy book cover sold in the horror section at your local book store. Many moms in various corners of the internet shared their […]
Continue readingDuring my first prenatal appointment at 6w+1d, the nurse practitioner spent a solid 30 minutes asking me all kinds of questions; everything from my health history to my ethnic heritage, my living arrangements, my education, and on and on and on. Before even checking to ensure that I was actually pregnant, (which she later confirmed […]
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Ugh. That’s pretty much the summation of what most moms have to say about that dreaded piece of plastic called contact nipple shield. Majority of nursing mothers have not had to resort to using this little tool, and thus do not simultaneously curse and praise it’s existence. For those of us who have had to rely […]
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